Sonia Spicehandler, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Sonia Spicehandler has over 20 years of experience in human resources. Sonia is currently the Chief People Officer at Hazeltree since 2022. Prior to this role, they worked at TenFour from 2018 to 2022, where they served as the Vice President of Human Resources. In this position, they were responsible for building and executing the HR strategy to attract, develop, and retain employees.

From 2014 to 2017, Sonia worked at Strategic Products and Services (SPS) as the Vice President of Human Resources. Here, their role entailed developing and leading the HR strategy to attract, retain, and develop talent, as well as building the HR organization to support the business transformation.

Before SPS, Sonia held various leadership positions at Reed Elsevier Technology Services from 2008 to 2013. Sonia first served as the Vice President of Human Resources - Global IT Infrastructure, where they led an HR team supporting 900 technology employees across different regions. Sonia also took on the role of Vice President of HR Strategy and Projects - Global IT Infrastructure, where they analyzed the organization and developed an HR strategy to integrate the global population into a centralized shared service center.

Sonia began their career at Elsevier in 1999, where they held the positions of VP HR East Coast Region and Director of Human Resources. In these roles, they provided human resource leadership, managed a team of generalists, and served as a liaison with headquarters and senior leaders.

Overall, Sonia Spicehandler has a strong background in HR leadership, strategy development, talent management, and organizational transformation.

Sonia Spicehandler, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition to their degree, they have obtained the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the SHRM-SCP certification from SHRM in January 2015.